MetaSwitch Delivers Core Switching Functionality Enabling Advanced IP Service Creation and Delivery at Global MSF Interoperability (GMI 2006) Event.MetaSwitch's award-winning core switches provide seamless service creation across networks, network types and geographical boundaries ALAMEDA, Calif. -- MetaSwitch, a leading vendor of next-generation carrier switching and application solutions, announced today it has successfully participated in the Global MSF MSF Manufacturing, Science, and Finance (Union) Interoperability 2006 (GMI GMI Governance Metrics International (New York, New York) GMI Giant Magneto-Impedance GMI Global MSF Interoperability GMI General Motors Institute GMI General Mills, Inc. 2006) event, a worldwide interoperability event focused on the technical interoperability issues surrounding IP Multimedia Sub-system (IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. ) deployments. MetaSwitch's core switching solutions were tested within the joint BT and Vodafone test facility in the UK and used to support advanced IP services that spanned the four continent network test bed. "The MSF's GMI event provided a critical, real world test of how carriers will develop and deploy advanced IP services across all types of networks, enabling end customers to enjoy services anywhere, anytime with any device," said Carol Daniels, director of marketing for MetaSwitch. "IMS enables service providers to decouple the physical infrastructure from the service application layer and will be an instrumental element of the carriers' development of advanced IP communication services." MetaSwitch's participation demonstrated the full strength of the Multimedia-Enhanced Telephony Architecture (META) strategy, targeted at carriers migrating to converged multi-service networks. This year's GMI event marks the third MSF test program that has leveraged MetaSwitch's technology at its core. This year's participation is part of MetaSwitch's ongoing commitment to provide the linchpin linch·pin or lynch·pin n. 1. A locking pin inserted in the end of a shaft, as in an axle, to prevent a wheel from slipping off. 2. for a carrier's ability to successfully embark upon their migration to an advanced IP services creation architecture, and an extension of the leadership role it plays within the MSF's architecture work group. The worldwide GMI 2006 interoperability event was led by five of the world's leading service providers, BT, KT, NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform , Verizon and Vodafone, and took place over a two-week period across four test locations, including the BT Advanced Research and Technology Centre (United Kingdom), the KT Technology Lab (Korea), NTT's Musashino Research and Development Center (Japan), and Verizon Labs (MA, USA). About GMI 2006 GMI 2006 brought together dozens of carriers and vendors to test the interoperability of IMS-based infrastructure components in a real-world setting. Providing a test bed for the full spectrum of hardware, processes and services needed to assemble an effective next-generation delivery platform, GMI 2006 was designed to validate MSF Release 3 Implementation Agreements covering a wide range of topics including roaming across multiple network types (including cellular and WiFi), QoS issues (including session border control and bandwidth management Controlling the traffic flow in a network. See bandwidth manager. ), and interoperability with 3GPP GPP Government Performance Project GPP General Purpose Processor GPP General Physical Preparedness GPP Gambian People's Party GPP Good Pharmacy Practice GPP Gross Primary Productivity GPP Green Procurement Program GPP Generic Packetized Protocol release 4. Five of the world's top carriers - BT, KT, NTT, Verizon and Vodafone and a world class test facility UNH-IOL UNH-IOL University of New Hampshire-interoperability Laboratory - hosted the event to provide world-class networked test facilities spanning 3 continents. Comprising a massive 'real network' trial of the MSF IMS-compatible (IP Multimedia System) Release 3 architecture, this event is critically important to any carrier or vendor committed to building or implementing infrastructure elements compatible with IMS. About the MSF The MultiService Forum is a global association of service providers and system suppliers committed to developing and promoting open architecture, multi-service networks Founded in 1998, the MSF is an open membership organization comprised of the world's leading telecommunications companies See telecom company. . The MSF's activities include developing Implementation Agreements, promoting worldwide compatibility and interoperability, and encouraging input to appropriate national and international standards bodies Following are some of the standards bodies defined in this database. For Windows users of CDE, look up Lessons/Review/Associations. For Web users of CDE's online HTML version, review the Lessons list at the bottom of the definition. Organization Covers ANSI U.S. . For more information about the MSF and its members, visit the MSF web site at http://www.msforum.org/. About MetaSwitch MetaSwitch is an industry-leading vendor of IP Multimedia Subsystem An integrated network for telecommunications carriers that uses the IP protocol as its foundation for packetized voice, video and data. Supporting voice over IP (VoIP) in all its flavors (SIP, H.323, MGCP, etc. (IMS) switching and applications solutions for both packet and circuit-switched networks. Its widely deployed call agent, media/signaling gateway and application server platform supports a full range of legacy Class 4/5 capabilities and hosted unified communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. services, and scales from a few hundred to millions of subscribers in both integrated and distributed configurations. MetaSwitch customers include incumbent and competitive local exchange carriers, as well as operators of broadband wireless See wireless broadband. , cable and fiber networks. MetaSwitch is a division of established telecom technology provider Data Connection. The company is consistently profitable and privately held, with main US offices in California and Virginia, and European headquarters in London, UK. For more information: www.metaswitch.com. Data Connection and MetaSwitch are trademarks of Data Connection Limited and Data Connection Corporation. Brands and products referenced herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Copyright [c] 2006 Data Connection Limited |
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